- Published: 4 May 2021
- ISBN: 9780807073360
- Imprint: Beacon Press
- Format: Hardback
- Pages: 288
- RRP: $69.99
One Drop
Shifting the Lens on Race
- Published: 4 May 2021
- ISBN: 9780807073360
- Imprint: Beacon Press
- Format: Hardback
- Pages: 288
- RRP: $69.99
“When people ask, what does it mean to love Blackness, one answer is the work of Yaba Blay. Academic, scholar, public intellectual, lover of Black folk and Black culture, Yaba is one of the most brilliant and committed critics and advocates writing and thinking and working on behalf of Black people today.” —Michael Eric Dyson, New York Times best-selling author “One Drop visually stuns while showing us the many different and often surprising faces of Blackness that make up the Americas. Yaba Blay is a scholar and cultural worker whose unapologetic love and centering of Black women and girls has made her one of today’s most formidable voices. In a world that shreds Black women’s self-esteem in big and small ways every day, we depend on Blay’s writing, Instagram tutorials, and undaunted compassion to put us back together again.” —Brittney Cooper, author of the New York Times bestseller Eloquent Rage “In this contemporary sociopolitical climate, where we are confronted by questions of racial identity almost daily, One Drop presents a nuanced exploration that serves as a practical guide for thinking critically about what it means to be Black in this moment.” —Tarana J. Burke, author, activist, and founder of the Me Too movement